St Mary’s

Readings Romans 4.13-25, Mark 8.31-38 Preacher Revd Neil Summers In this morning’s Gospel, Jesus begins to talk about his forthcoming death. As he made clear to his followers, their allegiance to him would be no easy option: it could … Continue reading →

Reading Mark 9.2-9 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes Some of you will no doubt have heard of the spiritual writer Thomas Merton. He was a Trappist monk in a monastery just outside Louisville in the state of Kentucky. One ordinary … Continue reading →

Preacher Revd Alan Sykes As an old year splutters to an end and a new year comes relentlessly closer, we may be filled with hope or with fear – or perhaps with a fluctuating mixture of the two. It … Continue reading →

Readings Ephesians 1.15-23, Matthew 25.31-46 Preacher Revd Neil Summers In one way, this Feast Day of Christ the King, falling as it does on the final Sunday of the church’s year, could be thought to be ending the year … Continue reading →

Readings Ephesians 1.15-23, Matthew 25.31-46 Preacher Revd Wilma Roest Today we reflect upon the kingship of Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. The Church through the ages has gotten a lot of mileage from this royal … Continue reading →

Readings 1 Thessalonians 5.1-11, Matthew 25.14-30 Preacher Ruth Martin The parable of the talents, you will be pleased to know, isn’t about people benefitting from financial investment, its not about people with material plenty having even more, its not … Continue reading →

Reading Matthew 18.21-35 Preacher Revd Neil Summers One of the earliest observations we make in life as we encounter our parents’ quite unreasonable behaviour is, ‘It’s not fair!’ It’s a statement we continue to refine for the rest of … Continue reading →

Readings Romans 11.1-2a, 29-32, Matthew 15.21-28 Preacher Revd Neil Summers The other day, I went to a hospital appointment and, from the consulting room next door, I could hear very clearly, through obviously paper-thin walls, an altercation in which a … Continue reading →

Reading Matthew 14.22-33 Preacher Revd Alan Sykes It’s become something of a truism that these days, when it comes to the news, it’s difficult to know what to believe – especially if you rely on social media and the … Continue reading →

Readings Genesis 22. 14, Matthew 10. 40-42 Preacher Revd Neil Summers Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice Isaac must be one of the darkest of all Bible stories and it has left deep imprints in both Judaism and Christianity. Child sacrifice … Continue reading →